Replacing Flags

As I ride around the Northeast, I have gotten to see many different flags, flag poles and flag posts. I have two different sets of post on my bike. I use one for my small flags and the other set for my parade 3 X 5 flags. I was setting my wooden pole flags on my bike for Memorial Day and took off and, lo and behold, one broke! A chance you take when riding at 60 MPH! Luckily I wasn't traveling fast, but after using the poles a couple times, they had weakened enough to break and split, depending on the pole I looked at. I found the answer to my problem a few days before talking with a group that uses the big flags regularly. 3/4 inch conduit and aluminum poles, whichever is the choice. With no time to set up I rode with my bike flags 2X3 size on plastic post and poles, which have been tried and true for many rides. But, as I said I travel around the Northeast and have seen some ratty Flags on poles in front of homes and businesses which really need replacing. After a tough winter, with winds and freezing climates, they rot fast even on the pole. I have replaced my flag, three times since spring of '08 and am sporting a new flag both on the house and my bike the next time it is needed and will proudly fly my new flags on my new aluminum poles when they a called back out to duty!